Dave Phillips wrote: > Greetings: > > I'd like to employ dmix on my laptop but I need to know a few things > before doing so. The first thing concerns my assumptions: Am I correct > in understanding that dmix will perform as a "virtual hardware mixer" a > la the SBLive on my desktop machine ? My laptop is an HP Omnibook 4150, > it's very nice but its sound chip is a CS4232 and is not capable of > hardware mixing like the SBLive. It would be nice if dmix would let me > play with more than one audio app at a time. > > If my first assumption is correct, how do I invoke and use dmix ? There are various ways but the easiest is to use the command line: aplay -Dplug:dmix <filename> also try these params: plug:dmix "plug:'dmix:RATE=44100'" "plug:'dmix:SLAVE=\'hw:0,0,2\',RATE=44100'" > Should it be in a startup file somewhere or should it be launched from > the command-line ? can be either > Given that my laptop's CPU is only a PII 366 what > kind of performance can I expect ? Should work ok. > Finally, how do I control the volume > for each app playing, i.e., is there a mixer that recognizes dmix ? > Use the inbuilt volume control on the app eg alsaplayer or xmms. > I'm curious as to how people are using dmix and what are their > opinions about it, so fire away... > It works for me but I never use it because of jackd. -- Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd. Http://www.boosthardware.com Http://www.djcj.org - The Linux Audio Users guide ======================================== Being on stage with the band in front of crowds shouting, "Get off! No! We want normal music!", I think that was more like acting than anything I've ever done. Goldie, 8 Nov, 2002 The Scotsman
